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Fighter jets scramble, interrupt leaders in Lithuania

by Lorne CookJARI TANNER
| July 11, 2021 12:03 AM

HELSINKI (AP) — A news conference at a NATO air base in Lithuania featuring Lithuania's president and Spain's prime minister got abruptly cut off Thursday when the pair of Spanish fighter jets serving as the leaders' backdrop were scrambled to monitor errant military aircraft in the skies above the Baltics.

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